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Texas commission. every state has a commission that evaluates the jail and jails are expected to perform and minimum things are required to be done. of course they were cited, that is the jail. for two things. first of which is not having officers adequately trained to deal with people who have any kind of potential mental ailment or who could be suicidal based on thins occurring in their life. and in addition to that, the jail was cited for not having officers check periodically on the care, cu...

>> so then the lawn goes off over the intercom? >> evacuate the building as quickly as posz. we get outside and theres siernss everywhere. as ever any hostage holding. it turns out not guilty to be true.

That. there wasnt even there was no video in the cell. there may be certainly something governing that. they were checking in on intercom, not face to face. should they have put her on a suicide watch? >> oh there is no question about it. i mean she also told the officer on the ground she suffered from epilepsy. so there is no question, i think that the proper precautions were not taken here. this is some one that should not have been in isolation. this is someone that should have been on suicid...

Suicide hoar should it have been prevented if she had alerted these folks in the jail that she had tried to commit suicide somewhat recently? >> most police lockups, if they have somebody even if its not somebody theically will commit suicide. they have audio and video on the cells to watch -- >> not in this case just outside the cell. >> the fact if they had that report from her that she had committed suicide in previous situation, certainly she should have scrutiny. >> they were checking in on...

Tonight, newly released surveillance video from outside the jail cell where 28-year-old sandra bland died raising more questions about her death. >> this investigation is still being treated just as it would be a murder investigation. >> reporter: bland was found unresponsive in her jail cell three days after she was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer during a routine traffic stop. police say she hanged herself with a plastic bag and have ruled it a suicide. the texas rangers and...

7:00 a.m. saying "im fine." >> she was on the intercom saying i want to make a phone call. i cant do it in here. okay? and then i believe it was like 8:56 a.m. is when the female jailer walked back here. looks in to ask her if she wants to go out in the recreation yard. >> reporter: surveillance video shows officers checking on bland and calling for emergency response. she was pro announced dead a short time later. >> theres a lot more questions than answers. >> reporter: bland family attorney k...

At 7:55 the jail says bland used a cell intercom about making a phone call. there isnt another check on her until 8:55 a.m. a violation of state jail standards. when a female officer walked down the hallway towards blands cell look in the window and then run for help. >> areva, what stands out to you in this timeline and this video? >> well whats really critically missing is what happened during that time period where someone in that jail should have been checking on sandra bland and apparently ...

Arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer. police say she hanged herself as w a plastic bag and have ruled her death a suicide. texas rangers and fbi are investigating. there are no cameras inside blands cell but surveillance footage shows no one leaving or entering. its shows she refuse ad breakfast tray around 6:30 a.m. and responsibilitied to a jailer around 7:00 a.m. telling him im fine. >> she was on the intercom requesting hey, i want to make a phone call. i cant do it in here. an...

Hour 30, thirsty, delirious, nicholas gets mad and then he gives up. he lies down, he thinks, maybe to die. hours 35 and 36 pass, and then on sunday afternoon at 4:00 p.m., a voice on the intercom asks, "is someone in there?" 41 hours into his ordeal, nicholas white is rescued. nicholas white never returned to his job after the incident. he did file a $25 million lawsuit against the building management company and the elevator maintenance company. after a four-year battle, the parties settled fo...

Know what happened to her after she was taken to jail. a traffic stop for an improper lane change leads to a tense struggle between sandra bland and a texas trooper. >> you just slammed my head to the ground! do you not even care about that? i cant even hear! you slammed my [ bleep ] head to the ground! >> reporter: 28-year-old bland was arrested and taken to jail for assaulting a public servant. three days later, she was found dead in her cell. >> the female jailer that had to be on duty at the...